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Underwritten women of the Torah step into the spotlight in a new play

JL;DR SUMMARY Liba Vaynberg's new play, 'The Matriarchs,' brings often-overlooked Torah figures into the limelight through the lens of six recently bat mitzvahed Modern Orthodox girls. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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IdentityTalmudJewish CultureJewish WomenTheaterFaithOrthodoxyRepresentationBiblical FiguresModern Jewish Life

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New Jersey, United States
"The Matriarchs begins with the heroines who are all loosely based on Biblical foremothers, such as Miriam and Sara, with whom they share names  as middle schoolers studying Talmud in a basement in suburban New Jersey."
Bronx, New York, United States
"She now lives in the Bronx, where she attends a progressive Orthodox shul, with her husband and young daughter (and one on the way)."
Singapore, Central Singapore, Singapore
"they come from a background far removed from tri-state area Jewish environs: a devout Christian community in Singapore."

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